Legal Opinion
Janus v. Janus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 15, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The parties are the parents of two children, Jaime (born in 1989) and John (born in 1990), who lived in Chenango County in a mobile home until their separation. Their marital difficulties began in 1992 when an accident left petitioner paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. When they separated in 1994, petitioner remained in the marital residence and respondent moved into a mobile home in the same trailer park. Despite the lack of a formal custodial arrangement, the children initially resided with respondent during the week and with petitioner on the weekends. Flexibility…
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